Consensus Building in OMERACT: Recommendations for Use of the Delphi for Core Outcome Set Development

Affiliations

• ¹ From the University of Ottawa, Departments of Medicine and Innovation in Medical Education; Center for Global Health, University of Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; OMERACT, Ottawa; Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; University of Liverpool, Department of Biostatistics, COMET, Liverpool, UK; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia; Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Department of Medical Humanities, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. [email protected].
• ² S. Humphrey-Murto, Associate Professor of Medicine, MD, MEd, University of Ottawa, Departments of Medicine and Innovation in Medical Education; R. Crew, BSc (Hons), University of Liverpool, Department of Biostatistics, COMET; B. Shea, PhD, Center for Global Health, University of Ottawa; S.J. Bartlett, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University; L. March, MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, and Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital; P. Tugwell, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa; D. Beaton, BscOT, PhD, Senior Scientist, Institute for Work and Health; S. Grosskleg, OMERACT, and University of Ottawa; M. de Wit, PhD, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Department of Medical Humanities, Amsterdam Public Health. [email protected].
• ³ From the University of Ottawa, Departments of Medicine and Innovation in Medical Education; Center for Global Health, University of Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; OMERACT, Ottawa; Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; University of Liverpool, Department of Biostatistics, COMET, Liverpool, UK; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia; Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Department of Medical Humanities, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• ⁴ S. Humphrey-Murto, Associate Professor of Medicine, MD, MEd, University of Ottawa, Departments of Medicine and Innovation in Medical Education; R. Crew, BSc (Hons), University of Liverpool, Department of Biostatistics, COMET; B. Shea, PhD, Center for Global Health, University of Ottawa; S.J. Bartlett, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University; L. March, MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, and Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital; P. Tugwell, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; L.J. Maxwell, PhD, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and University of Ottawa; D. Beaton, BscOT, PhD, Senior Scientist, Institute for Work and Health; S. Grosskleg, OMERACT, and University of Ottawa; M. de Wit, PhD, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Department of Medical Humanities, Amsterdam Public Health.